MIKAN 3403975: The Chateau at Bourlon from the Bourlon Church. Advance East of Arras. October, 1918. Oct. 1918. o.3427

Note:  The chateau in Bourlon was known as Le Château du M. Comte de Francqueville Bourlon.

Bourlon 11th April 2017 at 2:34 PM.

Hugues Chevalier, professor of history at the Maurice-Piquet college Isbergues and undisputed expert 
in the Second World War, briefly addresses the topic "castles during the 1914-1918 war" in his new book 
Castles in 1939-1945 war. He estimates that about a hundred castles and at least as many masters 
mansions or manor houses were destroyed by repeated bombing, all are located in the eastern 
department in the districts of Arras, Bethune and Lens, close the front in war zones. 
Thus, the city of Saint-Laurent-Blangy lost a piece of its heritage, its six castles and mansions suffering 
the German and Allied strikes. Only castles Immercourt and Vaudry-Fontaine will be rebuilt. 
In May 1917, the Germans blew up the stunning castle Havrincourt fortunately rebuilt in the twenties. 
This was not the case for the sumptuous castle Vélu nor castle in Franqueville Bourlon which stones 
of Soignies served to build the base of the monument to the town of Dead.